Sphenomorphus maculatus

The spotted forest skink, also called the stream-side skink, is a skink with a tapered tail as long as twice the snout-to-vent length. The upper side of the head, body and tail is brown with smooth scales and faint darker markings, and below the dark flank stripe is a mottled zone of yellowish and brown spots. It is non-venomous and harmless to people (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is terrestrial and nocturnal, living in the vicinity of streams and small rivers in lowland and hilly areas, foraging among rocks and vegetation at the water's edge for small insects and invertebrates. Courtship and mating are strictly ritualised and start in April to June. It is found from Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh east to China and Southeast Asia.